Regulation of breathing; respiratory diseases

In this topic

• The respiratory centre — an automatic rhythm
• What speeds breathing up? Carbon dioxide
• Diseases of the respiratory organs
• Smoking and clean air

Key terms

• Respiratory centre
• Medulla oblongata
• Humoral regulation
• Chemoreceptor
• Diaphragm
• Stretch receptors
• Coughing
• Sneezing
• Droplet spread
• Pneumonia
• Tuberculosis
• Passive smoking

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